slip jig · Key of G

The hawthorn

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A slip jig runs 113 to 124 at a session. One click is a dotted quarter note, not the eighth notes you are playing. Full metronome

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The hawthorn"The hawthornSlip jig, hopanon. (Ireland)5255250525255250235250520523732352035023230525023235235023230523573252052502323052502323535753532320525525023Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 435

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X:435
T:The hawthorn
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 435
R:Slip jig, hop
M:9/8
L:1/8
K:G
dBG GBG AGE|dBG GBd efg|dBG {A}G2B AGE|gbg (f/g/a).f e2g:|def gfg edB|def gfg a2(B/c/)|
def gfg edB|(g/a/b).g faf edB|def gfg edB|def gfg a2(g/a/)|bag agf gfe|dBG GBd efg|]
FAQ

Questions about The hawthorn

  • The hawthorn is in G, in 9/8 time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 97% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.

  • It is a slip jig, written in 9/8.

  • Yes. Copy the ABC below into the ABC transposer, move the transpose control by semitone, and the notation and tab are redrawn together in the new key. Handy if a singer wants it lower or the tune sits awkwardly on the neck.

  • Yes. Tenor banjo, mandolin and octave mandola are all tuned GDAE, so the tab above is identical for all three. A bouzouki tuned GDAD needs the top string adjusting, which the converter handles.

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